Last week, I encouraged you to identify and address the root causes of performance problems instead of addressing superficial symptoms. I used this question, found on the SQL Server newsgroups, to set the stage for advice on targeting problems...
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I recently ran across the following question on the Microsoft SQL Server newsgroup: "Which should give better SQL Server performance: a server with a single-processor 1.6GHz Pentium 4 processor with 1GB of RAM or a server with dual 700MHz Pentium...
Microsoft announced that the beta version of Microsoft Office Visio 2003 will be available later this year. Visio 2003 features improved diagramming functions and libraries of shapes. Microsoft has also integrated Visio with XML to let the product...